The surface of the earth radiates an enormous amount of electrons with a beneficial negative electrical charge. Whenever you place your body in direct contact with earth’s surface, negatively charged electrical volts begin circulating between the earth and the top of your head.
Stand outside on a sunny day wearing just about any type of shoe and your body will benefit only minimally from this charge. Most shoes today have soles made of synthetic materials. Unless your shoes’ soles are pure leather, they’ll prevent you from receiving all of the beneficial charge you could be getting.
But stand barefoot on the earth and now your whole body is in full and beneficial electrical energy exchange with earth’s surface.
The longer you stay in unobstructed contact with the earth the better. But you can benefit from earth’s negative electrons after just 30 minutes of bare earth contact. This includes putting your body in contact with grass, stones, sand or trees. Stand in one place, walk, or lay down.
The body is electrically charged just like the earth. By grounding ourselves to earth (also called earthing), we allow this full natural energy exchange with the earth.
Harmful electrical fields are constantly bombarding our bodies and most of it happens right inside our homes causing chronic illness in some. Daily or frequent earthing brings balance to the insulting charges we receive in the course of the day.
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Our modern lifestyle isn’t serving us all that well.
Many centuries ago, people walked either barefoot or in footwear made of animal skins. They also slept directly on the ground on animal skins or furs. People then were in near constant contact with the earth's surface electrons.
Today we wear shoes with thick soles often made of rubber. Most of us live in houses made of very unnatural materials. We walk on asphalt surfaces. The thought of going barefoot or surrounding ourselves with the natural world seems unreasonable. We’ve nearly completely cut ourselves off from the wonderfully charged flow of balancing electrons earth continually offers us.
Here’s how the energy exchange works.
Both your skin and the earth’s surface form a continuous charged surface with the same electrical potential. The flow of charge is pushed up and away from your head creating a protective shielding effect. You are literally standing under an umbrella of earth’s natural electrical field.
To understand how earthing works consider the household electrical outlet. The outlet contains a ground wire—the third prong/semi-circular hole under the other two prongs.
In the event of a short circuit, the third prong ground wire provides a path for the electrical current to be absorbed into the ground. Without this grounding, you might touch your refrigerator and your body will complete the ground path. This could cause you an electric shock or even electrocution.
Grounding the body works the same way as grounding an electrical appliance. Without consistent grounding our bodies short-circuit. This short-circuiting contributes to physical, emotional, and mental imbalances.
We can achieve a re-balancing of our electrical system with regular connection to the earth. Biophysicist James Oschman explains it this way in Energy Medicine—The Scientific Basis:
“The moment your foot touches the Earth, or you connect to the Earth through a wire, your physiology changes. An immediate normalization begins. And an anti-inflammatory switch is turned on. People stay inflamed because they never connect with the Earth, the source of free electrons which can neutralize the free radicals in the body that cause disease and cellular destruction. Earthing is the easiest and most profound lifestyle change anyone can make.”
Could the sharp increase in chronic diseases, sleep disorders, immune and inflammatory diseases be related to our disconnection with earth’s surface and the natural world?
It seems so. Gaétan Chevalier et al. say this in their scientific paper, Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth's Surface Electrons:”
“Environmental medicine generally addresses environmental factors with a negative impact on human health. However, emerging scientific research has revealed a surprisingly positive and overlooked environmental factor on health: direct physical contact with the vast supply of electrons on the surface of the Earth. Modern lifestyle separates humans from such contact. The research suggests that this disconnect may be a major contributor to physiological dysfunction and unwellness.”
Get the health benefits of grounding.
Earthing our bodies isn’t only achieved by walking barefoot on the earth. You can wear specially designed earthing shoes, socks and wristbands, and sleep on earthing bedsheets.
Grounding offers many physiological and mental benefits. They can help mitigate sickness and symptoms of aging:
a clearer mind and thinking process
more balanced emotions
more calm nervous system, less anxiety and improved response to stress
elevated energy
better managed pain and reduced inflammation
improved sleep quality and patterns
better regulated circadian rhythm
boosted immunity
lessened inflammation
more balanced metabolism
improved circulation
neutralized free radicals
reduced oxidative stress
Scientists found in one experiment(1) that grounding during a single night of sleep reduces the primary indicators of osteoporosis.
The same scientists discovered in another study that earthing helps regulate thyroid function. This is a significant finding since thyroid hormones affect almost every physiological process in the body.
In still a third study they found that earthing accelerates the immune response in humans.
Grounding yourself makes you more present to life.
When we’re grounded we’ll feel centered, solid, strong and balanced. We’ll feel truly and firmly rooted in our bodies.
If you feel like a leaf blowing in the wind, shaky, spacey, at loose ends, less present or fragile, get in touch with the ground.
Earthing's an important way to make you feel more rooted to the home that sustains you, the Earth. It’s virtually the simplest, most natural healing device known to humankind.
Grounding is not a panacea. But do consider it a part of a holistic approach to ever-improving health, healing and age mitigation.
Let the surface of the earth help clear and balance your energy every day. Then notice how much more balanced and alive you feel on all levels and in all ways.
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
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Endnotes and Sources:
(1) Discussed in: Rosch, Paul J. Bioelectromagnetic and Subtle Energy Medicine. CRC Press, 2015.
Oschman, James L. Energy Medicine: the Scientific Basis. Elsevier, 2016.
Chevalier, Gaétan et al. “Earthing: health implications of reconnecting the human body to the Earth's surface electrons.” Journal of environmental and public health vol. 2012 (2012): 291541. doi:10.1155/2012/291541
Ober, C. et al. Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever. Basic Health Publications, Second Edition. 2014
Sokal, Karol, and Pawel Sokal. “Earthing the human body influences physiologic processes.” Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) vol. 17,4 (2011): 301-8. doi:10.1089/acm.2010.0687